Physical education

Is the Lionesses’ legacy changing the face of school football?

Our data shows change is happening unevenly across the education sector, explains Iain Ford, but it is happening

JL Dutaut
Iain Ford
Opinion: Academy trusts

Harlow Academy now thrives – but schools need more safeguards

Not enough has been done to ensure the harm caused at Harlow Academy never happens elsewhere, write Warren Carratt…

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Wayne Norrie and Warren Carratt
Opinion: Attendance

We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty

A 100 per cent attendance target is a blunt tool for fixing systemic problems and will only make matters…

JL Dutaut
Nadeine Asbali
Opinion: Attendance

Everyone must obsess over full attendance from day one

Ministers must ensure all agencies are held responsible for helping schools to solve the attendance crisis, writes Dame Rachel…

JL Dutaut
Dame Rachel De Souza
RAAC

Lack of funding – not lack of action – has put schools on the RAAC

We’ve followed guidance to the letter but we can’t repair or rebuild our school without funding, say Caroline Derbyshire…

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Caroline Derbyshire and James Saunders
Opinion: Curriculum

The climate crisis requires a thoughtful curriculum response

We need to look beyond quick fixes to sustained and sustainable approach, write Mary Myatt and Heena Dave

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Mary Myatt and Heena Dave
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s top priority must be to get its own house in order

Under a new boss, the inspectorate must find a way to celebrate all hard-working schools and speak truth to…

JL Dutaut
Nick Brook
Artificial Intelligence

What medicine can teach us about regulating AI in education

The critical issue is accountability. If an AI tool gives inaccurate results, who is responsible?

JL Dutaut
Alex Scharaschkin
RAAC
The DfE is

The DfE has left schools between a RAAC and a hard place

To close or not to close? The RAAC issue leaves schools in a tough spot with no obvious end…

JL Dutaut
Andrea Squires

Must Read

Opinion

Winter of discontent is a real danger for pupils’ confidence

Data revealed pupils’ sense of agency takes a knock from January, and we’re taking steps to address this, says…

Freddie Whittaker
Lee Wilson
Opinion

Gove’s traditionalists won, but now they see what was lost

Militant discipline and explicit instruction delivered higher exam grades, but the debate has moved on as pupils disengage from…

Freddie Whittaker
Jon Hutchinson
The Research Leader

Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools aren’t strategic at all – which suggests leaders need…

Freddie Whittaker
Emma Dobson

ITT

ITT

Degree apprenticeships are key to increasing and diversifying recruitment

Work to deliver the new qualification should continue at pace to meet recruitment challenges by making teaching more accessible,…

JL Dutaut
Melanie Renowden
ITT

ITT: Which is the odd one out?

The deeply flawed ITT reforms are a threat to sustainable teacher supply for purely ideological purposes, writes David Spendlove

JL Dutaut
David Spendlove
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EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens
Sam Sykes
Exams

How sitting an exam re-affirmed my respect for our students

I still believe exams to be the best way of testing academic knowledge and understanding but they’re no bagatelle,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
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